passionate plea
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpassionateandplea
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passionate
adjective
uk/ˈpæʃ.ən.ət/us/ˈpæʃ.ən.ət/
having very strong feelings ...
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plea
noun[C]
uk/pliː/us/pliː/
formal
an urgent and ...
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(Definition ofpassionateandpleafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpassionate plea
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Sanjek combines rigorous research with apassionatepleafor a reappraisal of the era.
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He makes apassionatepleafor the commission's independence, but, according to the amendment, it would have such limited powers as to be meaningless.
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I can hear him making a tremendouslypassionatepleaon that count, and an even morepassionatepleaabout the wage levels of the railwaymen.
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I conclude with a sincere andpassionateplea.
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He concluded with apassionatepleafor a free trade area.
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I am not making apassionatepleafor an academic élite.
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I want to underline herpassionatepleafor boys as well as girls to be taught about parenting.
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We have decided in favour of five months while the rapporteur made apassionatepleafor six.
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He made apassionatepleaon behalf of the salesmen, saying that they did admirable work, obviously had to be recompensed for this, and were labourers worthy of their hire.
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A sampling from the passionate pleas of thoughtful scholars on this topic is aimed at stirring music educators to revisit the nature and value of history for our profession internationally.
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One form of wildlife has been totally neglected in all the passionate pleas that have been made in this debate.
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I make two passionate pleas.
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